A friend is calling this year the drama queen year. Record snowfalls in December. Near-record rainfall in June. Extremely warm temperatures in January and May and especially low ones in February. And right along with that, plants are taller and bearing more fruit. Julie Folta says her potato plants are almost five feet tall. Unfortunately, the plants’ energy may have gone into leaves rather than potatoes. Julie says the spuds are quite small.

There seems…